The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-27 00:00:00

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Henry Colburn, Pnblisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The rules for taking a house far six months are not the same as for two years. " The weather is much more mild this evening"—is perfectly gram matical—than it was yesterday, or some other previous period, being understood. The publication of TER Sus NNWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICR " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1838. Lord MAIDSTONE last night brought under the notice of the House the language used by Mr. O'CONNELL at the Crown and Anchor. The Tories mustered in great strength. The attack was made on a man peculiarly ob noxious to many Honourable Members. There was a great probability of succeeding against him—and the ho nour and (Agility of the House, the business of the nation, the time of the Legislature, which verily has none to spare, were all cast aside for the chance of obtaining a personal and party triumph ever the redoubted Mr. O'CONNELL, a Catholic and an Irishman! Lord MAIDSTONE disappointed expectation by his perseverance—for it was generally sup posed that important considerations connected with the character of the house would have induced the cool and temporizing leaders whom Lord MAIDSTONE usually follows to place him under some moral restraint. The wildness of the pretereding, however, had its party advan tages, for several Liberal Members, giving the body of the Tories credit for some discretion, made no exertion to be pres( nt, and so allowed the Tories to carry their point by a pitiful majority of nine. Lord MAIDSTONE'S speech was not so wild, we admit, as the proceeding, and he placed his interference en the ground that he had been a Member of the Salford Committee, which being composed of a ma jo!ity of Reformers, and having declared the Reform Member duly elected, his Lordship was not, of course, guilty of perjury. He, however, felt his ho nour proportionally assailed. The Times, indeed, has imputed perjury to the majority of the Committee. Mr. O'CONNELL, in obedience to the dictates' of the SPEAKER, followed Lord MAIDSTONE, and justified his words by referring to the cheers given by Honourable Members when the names of their friends were drawn en Election Committees, and the canvassing far attendance before Ballots, and by quoting the charges publicly made by Mr. C. BULLER, the chronicle, and the Times. Other Members, in the course of the debate,' justified the state ment, particularly Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL, who quoted a letter contained in the Limerick chronicle of the 10th instant, written from the House within five minutes after the Ballots had been struck, by some Tory, which said, so con fident was the writer that the decision of the Committees would be partial, "we have lost Salford and Rox burgh—but we have gained Ipswich." Singular enough, last evening, the report of the Ipswich Com mittee unseated the Reform Member, while in the other cases, the decision had previously seated the Reform Member, confirmed the prediction in all its points. Now, when the theory thus enables a writer to arrive at such cer tain conclusions, is not its correctness palpable to the whole world ? Is not Mr. O'CoNNELL's accusation confirmed by all the testimony that can be obtained on such a subject ? The House of Commons, however, instead of humbly and contritely expressing sorrow at being detected in such a wide deviation from rectitude, was further pleased, after a spirited debate, in which Sir EDWARD SuODEN, Lord JOHN ROSSELL, Sir ROBERT PEEL, the CHANCELLOR. Of the EXCHEQUER, and Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT, took the principal share, to reject Lord Howler's motion to pass to the Order of the Day, by 263 to 254, and to declare that the charge of Mr. O'CONNELL, so con firmed and so proved, was a false and scandalous imputa tion on their honour and character. Of course the Members of the House of Commons being judges in their own cause—there being no appeal from their decision, and the Press standing much in awe of privileges—the House of Commons is at liberty to vote as it pleases, unshackled and unchecked, by any consideration of what is due to truth ; and the world is bound to admit that in the opinion of the House of Commons to charge the Members of the Election Committees with perjury is false and scandalous. Proofs go for nothing, the dictum of the judge in his own case is decisive, and the public must not impugn—the electors must not gainsay—the Press must record in silent admiration, the decree that to charge the Members with perjury is false and scandalous. The folly, however, of coming to such a vote •n Lord MAID STONE'S instigation was made immediately evident after the first resolution was carried, by Mr. CALLAGHAN declaring in his place, in spite of the warnings and admonitions of the SPE A KER, that he entirely concurred is all the opinions and expressions avowed by the Hon. Member for Dublin. He openly defied the power of the House, and must, of course, if the blouse be consistent, be committed to Newgate. Mr. RocuE, Mr. Gnu's, Mr. SOMERS, and Mr. H. GRATTAN, took a similar course. All expressed their con currence in Mr. O'CoNNELL's opinions, after they had been declared a breach of privilege, and all like Mr. CALI,AGIIA - N must be punished, or the House will suffer the SPEAKER to be bearded in his Chair. Pro bably a number of other Members will resolve that a deci sion of the blouse shall not prevent them from expressing what they regard to be truth, and Ncwgate or the Tower Itc, ." amino THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1638. must require enlargement, if all are to be sent there who share and express Mr. O'CONNELL'S opinions. As Mr. HUME said, there will perhaps be sixty or seventy, and there will be no end to such proceedings. Lord MAID STONE, however, not quite bold enough to send Mr. O'CONNELL to Newgate, moved that be be reprimanded by Mr. SPEAKER. On this question a subsidiary debate arose, more stormy, and carried on amid greater impatience and louder cries than the first. Lord Jong RUSSELL asked for precedents ; Mr. WYNN, as ready as a creditor's ledger when a debtor requests his bill, supplied them. Mr. BAREON, in relation to the Ipswich Committee, was guilty of the same offence as had just been declared a breach of privilege in Mr. O'CONNELL. Finally, after a noisy squabble, worthy of the motion out of which the whole un seemly contest grew, the debate on the question that Mr. O'CONNELL be reprimanded was adjourned to this evening. The triumph is not yet complete, and it is still in the power of the Reformers to make the victory profitless to the Tories. All the Liberal Membe should attend the House this evening, and declare it Mr. D. CALLAGHAN, their conviction of the trutn a Mt. O'CONNELL'S statinr.tat teeter that they should 'rote that Mr. O'CoN emu. receive the thanks of the House by the mouth of the SPEAKER, for having honestly and boldly, to the advantage of the House and the public, given expression to opinions which are echoed by the nation at large. Unless they do something of the kind, three or four Liberal Members may perhaps be sent to Newgate, and the majorities both in Election Committees and in the House will be secured to the Tories for the remainder of the Session. In the House of Lords last night an intemperate dis cussion arose on a motion made, without previous notice by Lord LYNDHURST, for a return of the number of chil dren under sixteen years of age committed for the last seven years for imprisonment in the Milbank Penitentiary. The Noble and Learned Baron prefaced his motion with a speesh in which he cited the instances of infantine solitary confine- ment reprobated on Thursday last by the Middlesex Magistrates, and expressed his astonishment that such abuses should be found to exist in a prison under the im mediate supervision of the Home Secretary. Lord MEL BOURNE complained that the usual courtesies of the House had not been observed—the Noble and Learned Baron not having given notice of his intention to make such a motion ; that the Government were not implicated in the affair,but only the officers of the Penitentiary ; and that his Lordship was unable to say whether the instances of solital7 confinement referred to in the speech of the Noble and Learned Baron were, or were not, true. Lord BROUGHAM warmly de fended the course adopted by Lord LYNDHURST, and as- sorted that, without any knowledge of the intentions of the Noble and Learned Baron, he had come down to the House with the express purpose of making such a motion. He ridiculed the idea of any necessity for a notice of a motion, the subject of which was so notorious ; and with that solemnity of manner, which adds so forcibly to the bitterness of his sarcasms, presumed that the Noble Vis count did now and then bestow some attenf on on what was passing around him, albeit he was the only person in the country ignorant of the facts stated by Lord LYNDHURST. Lord MELBOURNE replied in a strain which no friend of the Government—no personal well-wisher of the Noble Viscount—can peruse without deep regret. His Lordship's invocation of the presence of the Duke of WELLINGTON was as undignified—as unbecoming the head of a Liberal Govern ment, supported by the suffrages of the people, and the countenance of the SOVEREIGN — as his implied charges against Lord LYNDHURST were unworthy of his high cha racter and exalted station. What is it to the country, or to any independent Peer of Parliament, what course the Noble Duke might pursue upon this or that question ? Why should Noble Lords be twitted with want of honour, because they choose to exercise their Parliamentary privileges without consulting the convenience of any Cabinet ? To presume that a Pcer can prove himself not a man cf honour and a gentleman by the simple exercise of his privileges as a legislator, is to cast a great, r stigma upon the Upper House than was ever attempted by the Mem bers of the Long Parliament, by whom it was voted a nuisance. Never before did the Noble Viscount at the head of the Government allow the warmth of his temper \ to betray him into se grave an error—an error only half of which was even partially amended by his subsequent ex planation. Lord LYNDHURST expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the explanation of Noble Viscount ; but will it be equally satisfactory to Parliament and the country Notwithstanding the high estimation in which the public and private character of the Noble Viscount is held, we do not think that such sallies of tern per—such displays of absolute deference to the opi nions of the Duke of WELLINGTON in the Lords, and Sir ROBERT PEEL in the Commons—will be much longer patiently tolerated by . the peop:e. The ma- jority of her MAJESTY'S Ministers have long since arrived at years of discretion ; and they are for the most part too well known to indulge a hops that it would be possible to pistol the country into a better opinion of them. Physical courage is so common a quality in England that any display of it would go a short way to establish the moral and in tellectual fitness of any person to a seat in the Cdoinet ; and how much less that which would manifest itself in ac cepting a challenge from so peaceable and so grave an individual as an ex-Lord Chancellor of England? It is excessively painful to us to be thus forced, day after day, to allude so prominently to the constant mistakes committed by the leading Members of the Cabinet—to be obliged to dwell upon errors which might so easily be avoided—and wh'ch cm have no other result than that of affording an ultimate triumph to their ene mies. What could be more preposterous than to try to get up a personal quarrel with Lord BROUGHAM, on such a subject as the Canada Bill? What less becoming a Minister of the • Crown than to meet a motion for certain returns, to which not the shadow of opposition ought not to be made, by insinuations against the purity of his honour ? Ministers must avoid such blunders as these if they intend to retain the direction of her MAJESTY'S Councils. They must also look to their own ranks for support, and not insult the country by ap pearing to owe their places to the Parliamentary courtesy of the Duke of WELLINGTON and Sir ROBERT PEEL. If they cannot stand upon the Reform influence in either House, let them say so at once—let them treat the people with confidence—and the power which carried the Reform Bill will yet be found a match even for a Tory majority in Parliament. As to the facts referred to in Lord LYNDHURST'S speech, it will he seen from the debate that Lord JOHN RUSSELL contradicted them in the House of Commons. To ascertain the truth, we must wait for the returns moved for by the Noble and Learned Baron, and which in a few days will be laid on the table of the Upper House. The Tory Members have now an opportunity of carry ing into full effect the object of the SPOTTISWOODE COO !piracy. Let Lord MAIDSTONE follow up the two reso lutions adopted last evening, and move (for a reprimand is sheer mockery), that Mr. O'CONNELL be committed to Newgate, he has Tory example for his rule. BURDETT and HOEHOUSE were committed for less serious imputa tions on the character of Members, and if the Noble Lord wish to be consistent, and also useful to his party, he ought to adopt the precedent—he would then have an op portunity of moving that the whole Tail be committed : he may be sure it will follow the head, and what would be the result ?—A majority of Tories in the House of Com mons. This, to be sure. would be very ridiculous, and very absurd; because, instead of vindicating the character of the House, it would only excite the sympathy of the other Catholic Members—make them claim the same honour, and prove to the Irish nation what Mr. O'Cox- NELL has over and over again asserted, that he despairs of justice to Ireland from a British Parliament. But even the proceedings up to the close of last night's debate will con vince the Irish Catholics that they cannot yet obtain justice. A Bishop declares that all the Catholic Members are guilty of treachery and perjury—a petition is presented to the House embodying the same Christian senti ments—these are re-echoed by many Hon. Members, and no proceedings follow. But when Mr. O'CON NELL returns the compliment, and avers, what no man denies, that Election Committees do not render justice, he is stigmatised by 263 Members as a foul and scandalous libeller. Is this the way to convince Irishmen that a British Parliament will judge impartially between them and Englishmen ? We rejoice at the result. It will put an end to an abominable system, and it will convince the peopla of Ireland that they have yet much to perform be fore they can obtain justice. The Presbyterian Oaths Bill, to which Lord Baouslitim ' objected so strongly, and which was withdrawn at his sug- , gestion, has been re-placed by one of a more cornprehen- I sive nature, as well as better calculated to effect the imme diate object of the former measure. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Queen's Bench, last night, introduced into the House of Lords a Bill, for which, if it shall pass into a law, the Noble and Learned Lord will deserve the thanks of the country. This measure provides that the indulgence at present granted only to Quakers, Moravians, and Sepa ratists, in the matter of oaths, shall be extended to every person who shall, when called upon to swear, declare that he has a conscientious scruple to the taking of an oath. It is proposed that in all such cases, a simple affirmation shall be held equivalent to an oath, the party affirming being liable to all the penalties of perjury, if he make a false affirmatita IV ()observe it stated in the Parliamentary report of same a ithe, Morning Papers that Lord DEtotAN, in explaining the object of this clause of the Bill, restricted its operation to Courts of Justice. This, we apprehend, must be a mistake. If jurors and witnesses in trials in which matters of the highest importance are decided—in which life or death is the question at issue, be exempted from swearing, when they object to the practice on con scientious grounds, there can be no possible reason for refusing the same indulgence to tender conscie nces in cases lof minor importance. There are three Election Committees to be ballotted for to-night in the House of Commons. One of these is to try the merits of the petition against the return of the four Members for the City of London ; it is therefore the boundm duty of every Liberal Member to be at his post. By the absence from the House of some of the friends of Re form, when their names were called to serve in Committees, the Tories have, in certain cases, gained the advantage of having a majority of their party selected—an advantage of which they are not prevented, by any scruples of honour of good faith, from making the most. The fate of an election petition is never doubtful in the hands of such a Committee. It is therefore necessary that the professors of liberal prin ciples, diminished as they are for serving on Election Com mittees by the nefarious proceedings of the " Srorris- WOODE Gang," should be doubly vigilant and active to defeat the unprincipled views of their opponents. The Lorylon petition is one of the first importance. We believe that the petitioners have not the most dis tant chance—that themselves do not entertain even a hope—of succeeding in unseating any one of the Members for the City of London, except through the instrumentality of a Committee prepared to set at defiance the claims of justice and the sanctity of oaths. Such a Committee it is possible they may get ; but let it not be by the fault of the Liberal Members. The Paris Journals of Sunday have all been received. On Saturday the Minister of War brought forward his budget for increasing the military and civil establishments in Africa, in accordance with the intimation contained in the Royal Speech. He fixed the grant for the year at eighteen millions of francs, and stated that to retain the con quests of France in that country it would be necessary to keep a military force of forty-eight thousand men. and twelve thousand horses, permanently in Africa. Betides, there were fortifications to construct ; magazines, barracks, and hospitals to raise ; roar's to make ; harbours to build ; the cost of which, regarded prospectively, could not be less than twenty-seven millions of francs. It is expected that the debate upon this question will be very animated. There is no news of any interest from Spain in these Journals, and the little there is seems altogether im probable, Most likely it was manufactured in Paris. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the course of yesterday afternoon a notice was issued from the Exchequer Bill Office, to the effect that bills to the amount of 9.4,623,600/., dated September 1837, and those authorised for the relief of the West India islands, and for carrying on public] works and fishe ries, dated January, February, and March, will be paid off on the 1234.1 of Mere!), 1 Sl3d. New bills, bearing interest at the rate of twopence per diem, will be given, in whole or in part, for the first-named portion ; but the bills issued for the relief of the West India islands, and for car rying on of public works and fisheries, will be paid off in money. We have received Jamaica papers to the 19th January. We extract the following:— "The intelligence from the country is cheering. 'We have not any account of di,turbacces in the country ; the holidays appear to have passed off happily throughout the 13 . . and, and the 'Negroes appear ge nerally well disposed. The pollee in the Spanish Town have thrown up qn , ir engagemenis, and with the exception of the sergeant, there are no police to keep the peace cf the town." Barbadoe.s vipers to the 16th of January state that sugar_ malting has commenced in the island, and they anticipate from the very seasonable weather that this year's crop will equal that of the last. The following statements are believe.l to be pretty near correct of the produce shipped to the end of 1837: —Sugar 31,764 hints, 24,073 tierces, 1,007 barrels, equal to about 53,262 ; Cotton, 273 ba'es. The greater part of the Cotton made the last year is held up for higher prices. As they calculate on et least 2,000 hhds.,of Sugar being consumed in the Island, the crop has exceeded 33,000 'Aids. THE FUNDS. Consols, n hich were at one period in the course of yesterday 9 rather animated by the favourable news from Canada , and done t ,2 iC i fir the Account, towards the close of the market receded to 02$ i• and 92t 4 for the next Account, opened this morning at 921. Exchequer Bills, 54 sr, ; India Bonds, 55 57 ; and those not marked 12 to 14 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206 to 207 ; India Stock, 264 265. To the present time scarce a bargain is doing in the Foreign Se cu. riti;,s, and the prices are much the same as they clo sed at yesterday. Spanish Active, 19 to I, with Coupons; Portugue,e, .27 . k. to % ;. Thren.per-Cents, 10 to ; Brazilian, a sLade higher 74 to 75 ; Mexi can, 29 ; Colombian 27 ; Dutch Two-and.a-lialf per Cents., 53} to Z. PitICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2t6N india 5:dek.......... ................. 1 !.., per Cent. Ka .. 9 3'4% Ditto Bonds ................. •‘ 5 PM 3 per Cont. Cons. 3 per Cent...—. ... .... — Old Annuiti es .... ..... •••••" ..... Ditto Red. - NevN tia e n 1 r. 35 11i e g e7 .Z C 7n et n : :: Itles t o e x.p9:1:801::,%1A i 557wthu5eait:t0t,k......................: ............... 0,0 3 i•er Cent. Annuities. 1 -1- ”•••• Exch. Bi!',l, £l,ven ......... 54 57 om. Ditto Z 00.... • •• P n • ',7 55 pm, Jan. 5, - IKO 'ls 4 5-1(11 Oct. it,, l', ,If Jan. 5, ISCk l4 15-1(1 1 Jan. 5, li4SO —l April 5, 1856.....,_......_ Jan. 5,10,7 q,„,„,,„„.., PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austral) hori:is ,„, 1 Beig,o Bend& ll3q Ditto Account Brazil:an ficnds Ditto Account 75 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Acc;:unt..— ... .., — .. ___ attl .................. Ditto Conrnerzial ......... Ditto Ad v ,rrtisc4l ............ Pin Bank Sto.!k for Account ......... Stock for Acc , :unt ....... •• Cop mg* fc , r Account ............ THIS DAY AT ors, O'CLOC • IPeruvi an LSonels .............. Ditto Acccuat ...... ••••• Portugue4c Ecrids..—•••••• ........ Ditto A ccount ..... ........... o Ditto N A:c p v c r e o r u ll c n r)d etnnt.: . . ...... . ........... ......... L I 4s Bonds ..... Ditto Account ...... .....»... C3luNnb‘.an Bonds Fru:llan ...... ......... Russian Son<ts, Ditto Amount... ..... ...... Ditto Metallic ......... Spanish Bonds ........--- Ditto Account ...... 19 , ,4 Ditto Fioncl.i, t t ............... Ditto Accomt .„ — C)lumbian Bonds, 1824 /7 8 1 4 Ditto Account 27 4 8% Ihnish Bonds ....„ . ''." Ditto Account rezk .......... Ditto Bonds, 1 1 5•25 Ditto Account ..... Mexican aonqls, 5 per cent 25 Ibitto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account ........... Ditto Accerint .................. French, 5 per cant.......... —f. --c --- 4 per cent. . ..... .. —c. 3 per Cant. .......... 19f. 95 , . Exctderige ........... t'sf. Dutch, 9 per co nt. ............ Ditto Account ............. Ditto, per cent. ......... Neapolitan - PRICES OF SHARES TITI I S O Per Share. raid. Brazilian Imperial Mining Co. (lssued at 5/. pm.) ' 2 . 0 6 Ditto Masaubas Cocaes :n Y 4 19 Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 9O DAYDitt o AT Account cls i . .... ....... 0 .. .... i . : .. loN 11 4 Blrminghana and Gloucester Railway Company l5 9h 8 4 Bristol and Exeter Railway C ompauv lO 5 1 ,4% Commercial Blackwall Railway C om p a ny 2 2 lii Dublin and Kilkenny Railway c omoan y ...... Great North of England Hallway Company l3 q• 834 7% Great Western Railway Compa n y 65 87 Brighton Railway Company London and Blackwall R a il wa y 6% 3 4 Ditto Scrip 3 London and Birmingh am R a il way Company • 90 161 i c ndon and treenwich railway Company 2n 1945 i London Grand Junction Railway London, Saliisbury. and Exeter Railway 1 4s ad. 4s. Manchester and Leeds Railway Company Ni)mckester and Birmingham Railway. 7 9% 1 4 Midland Counties Railway Comp a ny 2O 2 0 Northern and Eastern Railway Company ... 6 51,4 6 North Midland Railway Company 35 43 2 3 4 1 .4 South Durham Railway Company 2yy 1; t 4 York and North Midland Railway Company l2 12 13 Westminster and Greenwich Railway Company Si 11. Colonial Bank 25 Ditto Scrip Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7 14 }I / HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols for bite Accstlnt, • Letters have been received from Bogota of the 15th December, stating that the Minister of Finance had, on the Bth of December, transmitted to the coast for shipment, by the January Packet, 60,000 dollars towards their proportion cf the New Granada dividends on the Colombian debt. There was likewise a surplus of 49,933 arroba of second quality of Tobacco, which by the law was to be appropriated likewise towards the payment of the dividend, to be sold there or con. signed to London for sale. This being settling-day in Consols the brokers and jobbers are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts, and there is every appearance it wil go off well. The extreme fluctuation has been, during the Account l near 2 per cent. Consols are net so good as they left off yesterday, owing to Ministers being in the minority in the House of Commons last night, and the ex citement which prevails for the issue of this night's debate. Consols for April, 92/. Money, 92a. received from Bo Exchequer Bills, 54 57. India B onds, 55 . Bank Stock, 2051 I. India Stock, nothing done. nthe smk F t orei , gn ow s i f n a g rk t e o t the the ofnalvyobuurasbinleessacdcopiunngu eived is n Colombian an Mexican gota. Columbian, 2 8 to , Mexican, 29/ to %; Spanish, 193 ; Por tuguese, 27/ e ; Three-per-Cents ,18 4 to 18 ; Dutch Two-and-a . , Half, 53/. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) FOCAL, FEB. 26.—Wind E., fres.h breeze.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Lysander, Currie, for Calcutta ; Young Queen, Atkins, for Hobart Town; Bolmar, Waddell, for Hobart Town ; Eme rald, Pearce, for Barbadoas ; Cato, Brooks, for Grenada; Indus, M`Far_ lane, for Bombay; Meg Merrilies, Skinner, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Africa, Baillie, for Ca: e Coast Castle; Wm. Ark, Morris, for Halifax ; Superior, Walker, for Bahia; Hector, Gibson, for Tobago ; St. James, Sebor, for New York ; Wm. Allen, for Ascension; and Hellas, Scanlau, for China. Arrived anti remains, the Marengo, Gillespie, frora New York. Pottrsmotrrtr, Fes. 26.—Wind E.S.E., fresh breezes, hazy, with rain. —Arrived the Emerald, from London. Off port, the Titania, Miller, from British Acra in 115 days. Put back, the Queen, James, from London. Sailed, the Lady Raffles, Biles, for Madras, Bengal, and China; and Eden, Cook, for South Australia. Dovea, Fee. 26 —Arrived off, the West Indie, Boon, from Surinam. The Derwent, Farrens, and Betsey, Wiskins, from Sunderland are on shore near Whitby, crews saved. NEWCASTLE, FEN. 23.—The Harvest Home, is reported to be on shore at Resttronguet ; Cleveland brig sailed from Stockton, 20th ult., and has not since been heard of. Rtrrrsitoem, Fre. 0 4.—The thaw continues, but there is little float ing ice in Helvoet Roads. The river, as low as Brecelle is still fast, but the ice is much reduced in size. HAMBURGH, FEN. 20.—The frost has again set in , and with g reater intensity, and the outer light vessel which had returned to the station at the mouth of the Elb e , hag been obliged to put to sea on accou n t of the floating ice.—Wind E. to RE. The Ariel, Watson, from Stockton, is wrecked on the Crag's sand, crew saved. The Liberty, and Edgar, Davison, from Shields to London, and Provence, Henley, from Blythe to London, are wrecked on the Strong finks. The Urania, from Stockton, put into Harwich, leaky, and with loss of rudder, having been on the rocks, bound to London. The Johanna Marie, from London, put into Klokkerhaven, in a sinking state, bound to Gothenburg. The Fire Fodskende, Mathiesen, bound t. Bilboa, has put back to Bergen, leaky. The Kingston, Copt, from Telgnmouth to Glasgow, is on shore near Carnsore, part of the cargo and material saved. The Elbe, Stanley, from St. Ander, put into Torbay, with much damage, having been in contact with a vessel in the Channel. The Grenada, Furzo, from Trinidad to Savannah, was on shorn on the South Breakers, 18th ult., crew saved. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAT.) YOUGHAL. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, and Mr. Pollock peoceeded to Impugn the votes objected to, on account of change of residence before the election. The first vote objected to was that of William Doran, who wag stated by a witness, Roche, to have removed from the tenement for which he voted in April last. Mr. Kearsley, the collector of the gas and county cess (in Youghal), stated that the house for which Doran registered was occupied for some time previous to the late election by a person named Walsh, who paid the rates in July last. Mr. Pollock called for the witness's cess books, to which Mr. Harri son objected, on the ground that Mr. P. must oonfinc himself to the single objection of removal, and could not raise a new objection upsn the non-payment of rates. After a lcng discussion and a division of the Committee, it was de cided that the books should be produced, but only used to prove the removal. In the County Cess Book, the name of —Walsh was entered as having paid the cess for the year ending July last. But in the Gas Cess Book, the same rate was entered as paid by Doran, this being ex. plainest by the collector as occasioned by the triennial assessment made for the gags cess, the name of the payer in the first year being kept on the books for the three years. Bryan Osborne, of Youghal, shoemaker, swore that he knew Doran, who was shop-boy to Walsh, the person who was stated by the former witnesses to have succeeded Doran in the occupancy. Walsh was the real occupier all along. Doran had not been in Youghal for twelve Months previous to the election. Mr. Hanaisoar submitted to the Committee that the evidence was discrepant, and, as from the manner of the last witness, it was impossible to put his testimony in competition with that of the oess collector, whose evidence, taken with that of Roche, the first witness, was not sufficient to justify the Committee in striking off the vote. Mr. POLLOCK replied—and after a short deliberation the Committee struck off the rote. ' The next vote objected to was that of Patriek O'Keeffe, whose re moval was proved by several witnessm, and the vote accordingly struck off. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY. The LORD CHANCRLLOR, the Marquis of Sue°, and the Earl of Mawr, sat in the House of L or ds to-day, to hear Scotch Appeals. STEWART V. STEWART. The arguments on this part heard C3BC, wbich have already occupied their Lordships six days, were resumed to.day, but had nct concluded when our reporter left. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Alderman Prue.) LARCENY.—Mary Avn Stannard was indicted for stealing a ring value 41., and other articles, the property of Elizabeth Glass. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. DOANE defended. It appeared that the prisoner had known the prosecutrix for many years, and had nursed her through some illness, 'for a week or two in December last ; and that she was not paid for that service. She had pledged the ring at Putney for Cs , te a pawnbroker named Steward, who said he did not at the time know the value of the ring, but now considered it to be worth three or four pounds. Doane., for the defence, submitted that, In the absence of Mrs. Glass (who could not attend), the Jury et.uld not soy that these articles were not given to the prisoner by Mrs. Glass, as a mark of gratitude for her attendance, particularly as the prisoner was in distressed circumstances, and had lately lost her husband. The Learned Counsel then called the sister of the prisoner, who spoke fasourably of her character. The RF.CORDErt, in summing up, observed, it was not likely that Mrs. Glass, who had not liberality: enough to allow the prisoner any wages, would have been so generous as to give her a ring, which, though ugly—(A laugh)—was of some considerable value, and the more so, to the prosccutrix, from its antiquity. For the ,atisfsction of the Jury, the policeman who took the prisoner into custody was re-called, and stated that she said the articles had been Given to her. The Jury, after a few minutes consultation, found the prisoner Not Guilty. The Racoanart directed the articles to be taken care of till the prose cutrix made spine application respecting them. The Jury had found they were not her property, that she had given them away, and he would feel some difficulty in ordering them to ba restored to her. NEW COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) llenry Nash pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with embLzzling the sum of 31. 175., the property of his master, Daniel Deacon. The other rases tried during the morning were of a trifling and unin teresting nature. THE MARKETS.-(TIIIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Fish to.day reasonable, and rlther abundant. Turbot, 3a. and (is. to 18s. and 10s., and higher; Cod, Os. and 35., up to high prices; Soles, Gd. to 25. Gd. per pair ; Lobsters, ls. to 3s. each. Meat, Game, and Poultry much as quoted on Saturday. Vegetables show nothing fresh ; and Hay and Clover are firm in price, with a fair demand. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Salt Fish plentiful, owing to Lent, prices I %cl. and :Id. up to 6d. per lb. ; Cod, 9.5. to Iss. and 16s. each ; Seim, 6d. to 2E dd. per pair; Turbot, 55., 6s , and is., up to 2 Is. : Lobsters, Is. to 3s , and 4s. for large; Whitings, •Icl. to Bd.; Haddock, sd. So 10d. each. Supply of Fresh Fish good. PROVISION MARKET. The only variation in prices from those of last week up to this day is in fine foreign Butter, which is in brisk demand, and Is. higher. HA TMARKETS. The supply to-day was good, and so was the demand. Very consider. able business was done, and former prices ruled the market. Meadow Hay 935. to 955. 105 s. and 108 s. ; Clover hay 112 a. to 120 s. and 103 s. ; Straw 300. to 395. per load. COLONIAL MARKETS. There is a fair disposition to purchase now in most primary commodities, as the interior navigation is now open. The heavy arrivals of East India produce will have a tendency to pre. vent prices of such commoditses from advancing in the way they otherwise might. To-day we had for public sales of Sugar 9,049 bags Manilla, 968 bags of Mauritius, and a small parcel of (la_ maged white Harannab. These sales progressed with a fair portion of spirit, and when we left were realizing firm prices. British Plantation Sugar sold flatly to-day, but did not decline in price, 395. is now asked for fine crushed. Coffee :We had seine small sales of 8.P., Ceylon, and Mocha to-day which secured much about former rates. The Coffeemarket appears very firm ; 2,000 bags Brazil were also put up to sale, and sold at 361. to 465., according to quality, which are about formen.pricoa. This was the state of the market : and, generally speaking, the market is i n good corditiori for the seller.. Tea is quiet but. firm. Molasses are flat, and vary in price from !9e. to 635. according to quality. Rice is not quite in such brisk demand as it was. To.day we had a public sale of 1,000 bags of East India, which went at about 13s. to 105., according to kind. Spices are in good request privately, and . ver y firm. Nothing doing in Rum; or la Cotton or Indigo wor t h no tice. Our principal sales for to-morrow are 8,670 bags of Mauritius, and 2,800 bags of Bengal Sugar. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Fee. 26. A fair quantity of Cotton was sold this day, about 3,000 bags having been taken off the market. Holders are still very firm, and in all instances have obtained fully the rates last quoted. 1,040 American, gi r d. to Sid. ; 200 Egyptian, Od. to 12d. ; 300 Surat, 4id. to sid. 300 Pernam, 9d. to 90.; 100 Bahia, Bd. to 81d. ; 60 Peruvian, Bad. ; 100 Maranham, Bid. to 00. 'COAL M ARKET.-Peb. 26. Ships arrived since last market-day, 11. :Per Ton. s. d. Per Ton. s. ti. 1 23 0 Walls End Killingworth 23 9 Adair' , Burden 22 6 Walls End Belmont Bute's 'Fairfield M oor Carr's Hartley 23 0 Walls End Haswell Hebburn Main 23 6 Walls End Hetton 27 3 Holywell .......... .... ..... ......... 24 6 Walls End Larnlston 27 3 Lease's Main Original Windsor Peniop Pentop Windsor 2O (3 Walls End Hartlepool 27 3 South Hartley 22 0 Dixon's Butterknowl 2l 5; West Hartley . 24 5 Walls End Adelaide 25 0 Wylam 23 0 Walls End Deanery 22 6 Walls End Bewicke and Ca.., 24 6 Walls End South Durham 25 0 Walls End Clark and Cs 2l 9 Walls End Tees 25 0 Walls Ed Gesforth Walls End Hotspur PRICE OF BREAD. ' fhe highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is Od. for the 41b. Loaf Good Bread may be had at 6t4d, PRICE OF SEEDS.-Feb 26. Per Cwt. Per Quarter. New English fled Cloversss. 6ss. 705 St. Foin 16s. 38s 42s Old Ditto Ditto -5. -a. -s. Rye Grass 30s, 335. 365, New Foreign Ditto s2s. 60s. 68s. Pacey Grass -S. M. 45e Old Ditto Ditto s -s. -s. Linseed, for feeding ...48s, 50s. -6. New White Clover 555. 60s. 70e. Ditto, for sawing... ...... -s. 525. 50s 01e1 Ditto Ditto s. --s. -s. Ditto, for crushing -a. 445. 475. New Trefoil Old Ditto -8. 10s. 15a. Hemp -a. 355. 401. rrefolium I Is. 18s. 21s Per Bushel. English Carraway --a. 448. 48s. White Mustard 10s. IP. 135. Od. Foreign Ditto -s 46.5. 5 ,, 5. Brown Ditto l4s. Od. 18s. 64. Coriander • -6. Os. I Is. Tares 3s. 9d. Is. 6d. Rapeseed, Englitt fine ;per Last) 271.001. Foreign W. NI.: PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Tows TAU, 375. Od. Good Dregs Y e ll o w Russia • White Ltlelting Stuff 59s Cal Mottled -s. Od. Curd -s. Od. Graves --a • ild -s .Od. S oa p Ditto 18a. Od. ss. Od. Ditto Rough 235. Od, - • THREE O'CLOCK. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 26.—The Portsmouth elec tion is over, with triumphant success to the Liberal party. At a late hour last night the Tory chairman of Dr. Quarrier's Committee waited on Sir George Staunton, with a letter from the Doctor, announcing his determination not to go to the poll, consequently to day, being the day of nomination, it be came the day of election. Sir George Staunton was pro posed by Wiitiarn Grant, Esq., banker, and was seconded by James Hoskins, Esq., solicitor. By this victory the Tories are driven for ever from this borough ; notwithstandin4 their leader, Mr. Fleming came down to assist them. MARYLEBONE ELECT lON PUBLIC MEETING—(THIS DAY ) A Meeting of Colonel Thompson's friends took place this day at Hall's Riding House; bctween 200 and 300 persons were present. Mr Rosaucx, about 12 o'clock, took the Chair. On his right hand was Mr. Murphy, on the left, Colonel Thomp son. The Learned Gentleman dwelt at great length upon the insincerity of the Whigs in regar to Reform. —(Hear.) The Whigs were sepporters of the Government, the members of which • were as truly Conservative a; their Tory friends—( No, no, and hear)—and who had distinctly pledged themselves against any further extension of Re. form.—( Loud cheers.) That the Radicals were anxiously desirous to enlarge the political power of the people of this country.—(Cheei - s.) The Whigs were only desirous of re taining their places.—( Somebody cried out " Canada.") Ah ! Canada! I will 'not trust myself to speak of it.— ( Loud cheers.) The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to advert to the conduct of the Whigs respecting Canada.— ( Some individual having created an interruption, immense' uproar ensued in the endeavour to eject him, which was at last effected, and order was restored. The Learned Gentleman went on to characterize the measures of the Ministry regarding Canada, as a " dire deed of inirno rality."—( Cheers.) The men who had acted thus towards the Canadians, wore just the men to act in the same way, if they dared, towards the people of this country.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The Tory was a bold, impudent fellow ; one knew how to deal with him—(Laughter)—but the Whig was a shuffling coward. —( Cheers.) Thank God the reign of the Whigs was corning to an end.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Since IMO reforming principles had not pro gressed, because a Ministry had been in power, only anxious to retain their offices—not to advocate liberal principles.— (Cheers.) The Marylebone election was one of the means' they adopted to weaken the real Reformers, and pre serve their tottering power.--( Loud cheers.) They wished to .get in a Whig for Marylebone.—( Hear, and cheers.) If they succeeded, they would try the same policy in West minster, and the other Metropolitan boroughs, which at pre sent were thorns in their sides. —(Cheers.) Would the meeting support Mr. Ewart, or an unshackled Radical Re former ?—( Cheers.) An individual in the crowd here called out, " You wish to insinuate that Mr. Ewart is shackled ; now do you recollect a conversation with Mr. Ewart in the street, when you said, Will you stand for Marylebone with me ?' " Mr. ROEBUCK—Yes—(Cries of " Turn him out ;" " Mr. Eivart ;" hisses, cheers, aad immense uproar, which lasted for a considerable time. ) When the noise had in some degree subsided, Mr. Ron- BUCK said he would explain the private conversation with Mr. Ewart, which he did not well know how the person who put the question became possessed of,—( Hear, hear, and re newed confusion.) A voice in the crowd, " How do you know Mr. Etvart to be shackled ?" Mr. RoEnucK—Because I see him connected with parties I know to be Whigs only.—( Continued interruption.) He 'considered, moreover, that Colonel Thompson had a prior claim on the constituency of this borough.—(Cheers.) He now begged to introduce to the meeting Colonel Thompson, for their approval now, and their votes at the poll.—( Cheers.) Colonel THOMPSON then came forward and was greeted with the most enthusiastic applause. His claims had been so well put forward by his Learned Friend, that it was not ne cessary for him to go over the ground on which he had touched, or to state more than a few facts, which could not possibly have come under his cognizance. The Gallant Gentleman then, proceeded to detail the circum stances of the interview which took place between him and Mr. Ewart, with respect to their mutual claims upon the constituency of Marylebone, to which he alluded at the meeting which took place yesterday at the Mechanics' Imtitution. Ho then referred to the proceedings at the Yorkshire Stingo, and dwelt on the ungrateful conduct of his former friends towards him. He came before them a wronged and injured man—( Hear, hear)—but notwithstanding the little clique at the Yorkshire Stingo, he would trium phantly bear down the obstacles that were opposed to him. His rival, who was about six times wealthier than he was, was, he understood, sending about the begging box.—( Laughter. ) This, however, was anything but a strong- point in his (Mr. Ewart's) case. To what purpose could this money be in tended to be devoted, for the legitimate expenses of the elec. tion were not not more than a few hundred pounds ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) Such proceedings were only calculated to hold them up to the scorn and derision of their enemies.— ( Hear, hear.) What were the claims of Mr. E wart on the constituency of Marylebone ? He invited them to draw out a balance-sheet of their respective claims. Mr. Ewart, to be sure, (To be Concluded in our Second Edition.) IRISH WASTE LANDS SOCIETY. A Meeting of this Society took place to-day at the Offices of the Company, 57, Broad-street. We have a full report of the proceedings, for Which we cannot find room till to morrow. THE FUNDS.-C 1 i3ItITISH .USING PRICES. FLNDS. Bank Stock 2.flolpi per Cent. KecL 93% 3 per Cent C0n5....,..... 3 , ,,, per Cent. 3t per Cent. Red 101 , 4 Note 3y9 per Cent 10014 i per Cent. Asserncd Dissented Long Annuities to e!cp!re Jar, 1860 l5 5-16 Oct. 135+3 l5 1-It4 Jan.lB6o lt 15-16 Omni um India Stock Ditto :=Duds s9 South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuiticr 1;x. Bit 75. IWO( .14d. .x : pin DAV. 500 , 57 pin. Ditto 50(11 5 5 pm Bank Stock for ()pg. Ind?‘ Stock for Act. ...... Consols for Feb. yo It El UN FUNDS. Austrizn, 5 per rent - Portuguese Bonds, S per cent. 64y 2 ISelgi :in, 5 per cent 19 3 14 Ditto, New Ditto 2 73 Br,:zilian Bonds Ruenti Ayres, 6 per cent — Russian Bonds, 5 per rent ..,11344 Chilian, 6 per cent — J Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent.......... 25 Spanish, 5 pc; cent l9',i Ditto 11124 Danish, 3 per con' — French, 5 pet cent ... ...... —f. —c. Greek Bondi, 1 , 321,5 per cen: — Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., 182. i ....... :9% Dutch, •4 per cent, 53 , A Peruvian, 1`125, 6 per cent.... E Ditto. 3 per cent. ...... ..... ..... 103 -- - --- SH A [DES Birmingham and Derby Railway 2O Birmingham and Gloucester Railway 3ristol and Exeter Railway Eastern Counties Railway Gre•t Western Railway 87% Hull and Selby London and Brighton 11...ulway 12% London and Birmingham Railway London and Greenwich Railway l6 London and Southampton Railway 4l Manchester and Leeds Railway Mai: , hester and Birmingham Railway Northern and Eastern Railway . A North Midland Railway , 43g No other variations in the Prices of Shares since our One o'clock List. Mr. LEADER, M.P.—We are sorry to learn that the Hon. Member for Westminster has been for ,somo days extremely unwell and incapable of attending to his Parliamen tary duties until last night, and that he is not yet entirely re covered. We regret this the more as Mr. Leader, we have reason to believe, is very anxious to attend the Coal Com mittee, feeling, as he does, the vast importance of getting rid of this abominable and oppressive monopoly. POST-OFFICE, TUESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—The Mails during the last two or three days have again been se riously retarded in their arrival, owing to the heavy fall of snow, especially in the north, and the generally rotten state of the roads. One Glasgow and one Edinburgh mail arc still due. On Saturday the Edinburgh mail was detained all nie•ht in the snow, near Selkirk, where the road was im pa'ssable for many hours. The Carlisle and Glasgow was similarly detained near Crawford, and not cut out till the next mor ning. The roads in the west of England, and on other lines, are so rotten that the wheels frequently sink to the nave. Devizes Bruges made his maiden effort, in the House of Commons, upon the Friday of last week. He pre sented a petition from inhabitants of this city against the intro duction of a Poor-law into Ireland! Who were these humane and kind persons wile requested the dull M. P. to petition for them that the Irish sh all be ke p t in a state of starvation, famine, and want? From what hole and corner did the peti tion come? Let us know, dull Sir, who told you to misre present, upon this question, the good feelings and the kind wishes, towards the poor of Ireland, of the people of this city. _Bath Guardian. MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK, " VIENNA AND THE Av STRIA Ns," &c.—We are requested to state, that the new work, " Vienna and tho Austrians," by Mrs. Trollope, author of " Domestic Manners of the Americans," " The Vicar of Wrcxhill," &c., in 2 vols. Bvo., embellished with fourteen characteristic engravings by Hervieu, is this day published by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington -street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, who has also just ready for publi cation the Second Edition of Mrs. Trollope's new novel, " The Vicar of Wrexhill," in 3 vols. post B vo., with nume rous illustrations. Agents, for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. J. Cumming, Dublin ; and may also be obtained of all Booksellers. BLACK SLAVERY.—Lord Brougham made, upon Tuesday last, a noble speech in favour of the entire Emanci pation of the Blacks—a speech which contained beautiful rhe torical passages; and, also, a clear statem e nt an d arrange ment of numerous facts. Theincapacity and unwillingness of Lord Glenelg (a Tory until the time of the Reform Bill), to deal with the subj ect of Colonial Go vernmen t as we ll as with all matters of Colonial interest were, also, most clearly ex posed. It is, however, remarkable that, though the statement of Lord Brougham was clear and convincing, there were only seven Lords to be found to vote with him I In the House of Commons there were only eight members to be found to vote against the Bill for the conversion of Canada in a White Slave state. The House of Lords and the House of Commons ap pear to represent the feelings an d th e op i n i o ns of the people of t hi s country in an equal degree. Both reject every measure beneficial to the people, and pass every measure injurious to them. —Bath Guardian. Mr. William Williams, a medical gentlema n of Barmouth, left that place on Wednesday week in goo d health, with the intention •f going to Cardiganshire. He cross ed Aberdovy ferry on the evening of the me day with two gen tlemen, who left him on the Penrhyn, and saw no more of him. On the following day his horse was found unsaddled on the Cardigan side. His cloak, top.coat, and body-coat were near the same place, and although every search has been made for him he has neither been found nor heard of, and it is believed he must have been drowned. A Court of Inquiry was held at Moelwatery, before Wee Williams, F.sq., Coroner, and the opinioc, was the unfortun,.'n Lt leman was lost in crossing the sands. This opinion is strengthened by the knowledge that ho was very short-sighted,—North lVales Chronicle. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. (From the Voles and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) Cornollint made of certam expressions in a Speech of Daniel O'Countll, Esq , a Member of this House, at a dinner at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, and reported in the Morning Chronicle and Morning Post Newspapers, as con taining a charge of foul perjury against Members of this douse, in the discharge of their judicial duties. Morning Chronicle Newspaper, dated Thursday, 22d February, 1838, delivered in ; and Morning Post Newspaper of the same date de , ivt-red in ; of air. O'Connell, as reported in the Morning Chronicle; read ; yasage objected to, as reported in the Morning Post. ?cad ; Mr. O'Connell heard in his place; when he avowed his timing used the said expressions; and I then he withdrew. Motion made, and Question proposed—" That the expres sions in the said Speech, containing a charge of foul perjury against Members of this House, in the discharge of their judi cial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation on the honour and conduct of Members of this House." Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " Order of the Day for the Committee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill, be now read," instead thereof. Question put, " That the words pro. posed be left out stand part of the question." The House divided—Ayes 263 ; Noes 254. Main question put, and agreed to. Resolved—That the expressions in the said Speech, con taining a charge of foul perjury against Members of this House, in the discharge of their judicial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation on the honour and conduct of Members of this House. Motion made, and quetion proposed—" That Mr. O'Con nell having avowed that he had used the said expressions, has been guilty of a breach of the privileges of this House." Afterwards motion made and question proposed—" That this House do now adjourn," and, by leave, withdrawn. Main question put. The House divided—Ayes 293 ; Noes 85. Resolved—That Mr. O'Connell, having avowed that he had used the said expressions, has been guilty of a breach of the privileges of this House. Motion made and question proposed—" That Mr. O'Con nell be reprimanded for the same in his place by Mr. Speaker." And a Member, Mr. Callaghan, having in the course of the debate avowed the sentiments attributed to Mr. O'Connell as his own sentiments, the words made use of by him were direct 74 to be taken down by the Clerk ; and the same were taken down accordingly, and are as follow :—" I avow, Sir, the sentiments attributed to the Hon. Member for Dublin, and I adopt his expressions to the word and to the letter." " Motion made and question put—" That this House do now adjourn." The House divided—Ayes 159 ; Noes 246. Question again proposed—" That Mr. O'Connell be repri manded for the same in his place by Mr. Speaker." Debate arising ; debate adjourned till this day. TO the ELECTORS of MARYLEBONE. GENTLEMS,N,—Knowing that tbo Columns of The Sun Newspaper are always open to facts, I beg leave to contradict a statement that appears in the Morning Herald of this day concerning a public meeting held at Webb's Rooms, Edward street, Portman-square, on Saturday Evening, to secure the • return of Lord Teignmouth, H. T. Hope M. P., for Glou cester, presided, that it was attended by several influential Gentlemen of the Borough, and the room affords accommo dation to 400, was unpleasantly crowded. Now, Gentlemen, the above statement, us far as regards the number of people, is quite incorrect. I was in Edward-street on Saturday evening, my curiosity led me to the spot, to know how those Tory meetings were conducted ; it was then a quarter past seven o'clock, (the meeting being advertised for 7,) the doors were closed—l knocked—it was opened by a person, I supposed to be the door-keeper—be told me that no one was admitted without giving the names, and that they must be the friends of Lord Teignmouth. I said I always understood that public meetings were free to the access of any one. I was not allowed to enter, and consequently made my exit. There were then five people in the great room. I remained on the outside for a considerable time, as they could not prevent me doing that, and six more, as I suppose, " Friends," were admitted. I write this to show the Electors of Marylebone the real feeling which does exist; to show them (the Tories) that you are not to be gulled into a belief that Toryism, however great its boasted strength, does not in reality prevail, and that it behoves you, as Reformers, to unite in one common cause, to secure the return of one of your Reform Candidates, and not to let the Borough be represented by a Tory—for, union is strength and strength is power. J. M. C. MARYLEBONE ELECTION. To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR --Observing a letter of Colonel Thompson in The Sun of yesterday, apparently complaining of his treatment by Mr. Ewart's friends at a meeting held at the Yorkshire Stingo on Friday last, we, who were present on that occasion, desire,o r the sake of truth, to state the simple facts of the case. Th e Y are these:— A meeting of Mr. Ewart's friends at the Yorkshire sting° was announced for Friday last. At one of the local district Committees, in St. Pancras, an offer made and accepted by that Committee, that Colonel Thompson should attend the meeting. But this agreement was never submitted to or sanctioned by Mr. Ewart's General Committee. Previously to the meeting Colonel Thompson and Mr. Mur phy entered the room in which Mr. Ewart's friends had met to make preliminary arrangements. They were most courteously apprised of the facts above stated; and clearly understanding that the meeting was a meeting of Mr. Ewart's friends, and that the invitation had not issued from the General Committee they voluntarily withdrew. We appeal to all the gentlemen present, as to the correct ness of this statement ; and we remain, Sir, your obedient servan ts, HOWAßD ELPHINSTONE, 19, Eaton-place. GEORGE RENNIE, 1, Chesham-place. A. DANIEL, Wirrmore-street. THOMAS POTTER, 71, Crawford-street. J. W. ROBINSON, 62, Margaret-street. February 25. I beg to state that I was present at the preliminary meet ing at the Yorkshire Stingo, and that the above statement , so far as it respects that meeting, is perfectly correct, and that Colonel Thompson and his friends voluntarily withdrew from the meeting. THOMAS THORNLEY, 5, Suffolk-street. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. We last night witnessed Mr. C. Kean's seventh performance of Richard the Third. His attraction seems undiminished. The house was crowded with a most brilliant audience, and most of the private boxes were occupied by parties fdshionables. We have no reason to alter our opinion of Mr. C. Kean's performance of Richard. We think his conception of the character—so far, at least, as it is developed in Cibber's imperfect compilation of a play—is more correct than that of any other actor now on the stage; and that it is only a deficiency of that muscular vigour so requisite in this character above all others, which causes the defects in execution. We must not omit to express our favourable opinion of Mrs. Lovell's personation of the Queen. We never saw that affecting scene with the children in the Tower better played. Her burst of maternal grief when they are torn from her arms drew down loud applause. Nor can we avoid noticing the ungenerous and unmanly at tempts which are made by a party to drive Mr. King from the stage, by hissing him whenever he appears. We have no very high opinion of this gentleman's powers of acting ; but be gives his part carefully and respectably : and his Richmond is, at all events, equal to most of the usual mediocre per formances of such parts. It is un-English to make use of a public privilege for private persecution. Might we make one suggestion to the management in re gard to this play? Could not Lord Stanley have a more ap propriate dress ? It is rumoured that Mr. Richard Potter is about to retire from the representation of Wigan.—Leeds Mercury. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—A special Court of Aldermen wag held yesterday at Guildhall, in consequence of a letter from Lord John Russell to Mr. Alderman "trembles , informing him that the Government were of opinion the police of the City should be placed under the Metropolitan Com missioners, and that her Majesty's Ministers intended to in troduce a measure to effect this object. The Court were occupied at considerable length in deliberation, and agreed to resolutions on the subject. A conference was therefore re quested with Lord John Russell on the subject, and a deputa tion appointed to hold the same. The Lord Mayor was also requested to lay a copy of the resolutions before the Court of Common Council this day, with a recommendation to them to withdraw or alter their Bill, so as to place the nightly watch mauler the same controul as the day police. RAFF HALL, BY R. SULIVAN, Sulivan is well-known in the literary world. His writings in the New Monthly have brought him into general notice. His new novel is in the form of an autobiography of Mr. Maltravers , a young man under the guardianship of an uncle, Sir Hector , a most eccentric character, and the details of his eccentricitie s are amongst the most interesting parts of the story. In marl parts there is a happy vein of dry quaint humour. The style is good throughout, and the work, altogether, is superior, in A literary point of view, to the generality of modern wo rks of fiction.— Observer. IVIARYLEBONE ELECTlON.—Yesterday a district meeting of Mr. Ewart's friends was held at the Rose and Crown, Colville -court, Charlotte-street; and last evening another meeting of the same gentleman's friends was held at the Bazaar Tavern, King-street, Portman-square, at both of which resolutions to support the Hon. Gentleman were passe d with acclamation. Mr. Ewart attended, and spoke at each meeting ; his reception was enthusiastic. 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